WW1: 33 days to go – the bodies of the Archduke and Duchess arrive in Vienna, Shackleton prepares for his next Antarctic expedition

July 2 1914: the details of the assassinations of Franz Ferdinand and his wife were pieced together remarkably quickly – the narrative established by journalists in the two days after the killings is still pretty much the story we tell now – but each day brings fresh detail. Lifting its material from a Hungarian journal, The Daily Telegraph quotes Princip talking to his defence lawyer. He says he does not fear death, that the plot was hatched in Serbia and that he was given money and bombs in Belgrade:

The examining judge is in no doubt that a well planned conspiracy lay behind the killings, and says that he has identified 11 conspirators:

Meanwhile, in Vienna, the bodies of the Archduke and Duchess arrive by train from Trieste in the evening – the funeral will be tomorrow:

Elsewhere, Shackleton is preparing for his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which would go ahead despite the start of war in August: